Sweden-Brazil Landscape Architecture (course package), 60.0 credits

The course package is open for independent participants.

This course package deals with sustainability and environmental planning issues to a large extent. It includes a combination of practical project work (problem solving), theoretical studies, independent work and group work. The first course, Explorations into landscape architecture, is a course specially designed to discuss what landscape architecture and planning is all about, in particular when it comes to the students' own backgrounds and professional aims. The second course Planning project - large scale structures, analysis and EIA, deals with problemsolving in the large scale landscape, using landscape analysis. The follwing course, Landscape in transition - impacts of and adaptation to climate change, deals specifically with how we can deal with changes in landscape when it comes to future climate effects such as f x raised water levels. The fourth and last course, Planning project - Energy landscapes and master planning, deals with planning for infrastructural development and energy issues in the landscape, f x wind power, connected to sustainable development.

Prerequisites

Tuition fee for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens

Time

2 Sep 2013 - 8 Jun 2014, Daytime

Additional

For the last course in the course package (Planning project - energy landscapes and master planning) pre-knowledge in GIS is preferable. A self study course is offered by the responsible department.

Responsible department

Course leader

Courses in package

Appl.code	Name, credits, location	HT 2013				VT 2014
SLU-10155	Explorations into landscape architecture, 15 hp, Alnarp
SLU-20072	Planning Project - Large Scale Structures, Analysis and EIA, 15 hp, Alnarp
SLU-30127	Landscape in transition - impacts of, and adaptation to climate change, 15 hp, Alnarp
SLU-40076	Planning project - Energy landscapes and Master planning, 15 hp, Alnarp